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Allergies seem to be dismissed pretty readily in these comments (angelabaca). However, as a person with many friends with asthma and allergies, these are serious concerns. Some people I know reach for the inhaler and have to sit down if they walk behind someone smoking on the sidewalk. Losing the ability to breath in one of these attacks is a seriously scary thing. Myself, if I sit next to a person smoking outside, the next day I am coughing like I have bronchitis. I happen to live in a place (Vancouver) where we are lucky enough to have very clean air for a city, both pollution and smoking wise. When I travel to Europe, I my lungs definitely feel it for the first little while until I get used to it - but is getting used to it necessarily a good thing?

That said, much in the same way I would never criticize a person for being fat, I do my best to tolerate (at a distance) my friends who smoke. They are all smart and self aware enough to realize that their smoking is not generally welcomed and try to find a place where they will not disturb people - and I very much appreciate it.

This is an old trick - one that does not need baking soda.

Metal and paint absorb heat at different rates - metal heats up much faster and expands, breaking the bond with the paint - a good scrub and all that caked on paint comes right off.

Works for glass too!